Merry Christmas!!

We had a wonderful Christmas!! Kids got everything they wanted and a little more. We enjoyed time relaxing and enjoying family and friends. Hannah got an electric scooter from Santa and she LOVES it!! Her brother decided he wanted one too...geez Santa, get with the program!!! He took it for a ride in the backyard on Monday and drove it right into the pool. Needless to say it is ruined and it scared him pretty bad. Daddy decided they both needed one and we had to order 2 new ones...



Ethan got an inflatable go-cart for his Mario Kart game, he has been loving the Wii!! He also got his favorite movie, How to Train you Dragon and I think he has watched it at least 5 times since Christmas!!!


Hudson got a new bathtub seat and loves taking a big boy bath now!! I think the ribbons and paper were much more exciting though.


We let them all get in the tub the other day and they had a blast...I think it was a one time thing though he was feeling a little overwhelmed.


Had to share one of the grandkids with Grammy! We are missing our Riley & Ryan though :(



Jimmy's Family!! Such a beautiful family and Alex and Dylan are so grown up!!!


All in all it was a wonderful Christmas and we are truly blessed!! Until next year!
xoxo,
ME

Santa Claus is coming to town...

We had our annual ornament exchange over the weekend!! So much fun!!! We had a surprise visitor :)

The Family~

The Friends~

The Babies~

Philips Family Binky Free...Is that POSSIBLE?

We are a binky family - that's all there is to it. Hannah loved her binks so much she had two, one for her mouth and one for her eye. Yep, you read right... Right after Ethan was born she gave it up, her own terms, her own time - easy breezy. Ethan on the other hand LOVES LOVES LOVES his bink. It helps him relax, sleep and veg out which he loves to do! Yesterday he said, "I don't need my bink anymore mom." OKAY! HE threw it in the garbage, before he could change his mind I handed him the bag and said let's put it out in the BIG garbage. All smiles, "Okay"! Off he went binky and all. Later that afternoon he was getting sleepy and he said, "mom, let's go get my bink out of the garbage." I said we can't buddy it's in the nasty garbage and we put food on it. He hasn't asked me again!! Tomorrow is day 3 of a future without binks!!! WHOO HOO!!! For 6 1/2 years I have been keeping track of binks. Reaching around the floorboard of the car while driving down the road to give them to a screamer, or searching every last purse/bag to find where they last put it. YEAH!!! Great job Ethan!! We are super proud of you.

Thankfully Hudson didn't like his!

Hudson is 4 months old!!

Our sweet baby boy is now 4 months old!!! He just gets cuter everyday...is that possible?!
He is still not sleeping through the night...poor mommy :) He'll get there we just have to be patient!! He has started rolling over. Every-time we lay him on his back he flips over on his tummy and then cries because he can not get back around...silly boy. Tonight I went in to check on him and he was laying on his stomach sleeping. I flipped him over - not quite ready for that. He tried a bit of cereal and kind of liked. He was really good at eating it off the spoon, I just wasn't fast enough. He weighed 17 1/2 pounds at his check up 95% for his weight!! We like em big, we like em chunky!!!! We gave him a bottle the other day and he grabbed onto like he gets one everyday. A natural as Ethan would say...

Look mom all by myself~


Hurry up~


The handsome boy~

Happy Halloween

Kids had a blast last night! Ethie was much more into it this year! Hannah was a maniac ~ we didn't even see her until we got back home. Hudson thought it was over-rated.

The Witch ~ (who lost another tooth :))


Spider Man (with a mustache ?!?!?!)~


The Monkey ~

Where has the time gone...

I am so behind this month! Let's see ~ a quick overview of what we've been up to.

Hudsie just gets cuter everyday~


We spent a weekend in Pinetop over fall break! We enjoyed the rain, cool air and the pines!


We carved pumpkins~


Ethan is learning to ride Dad's dirt bike~


Hudson found his feet!!


Whew! Until Halloween... a preview - look for a witch, a monkey and Iron Man or Spider Man depends on his mood!!!

Hudson is 3 Months Old!!

Our sweet little boy turned 3 months old on Sunday! He is HUGE and very HAPPY!! He loves laying on the floor - especially when all the rest of us are around there with him! He has found his hands and loves to suck on his fingers! He is rolling onto his stomach but he can't quite get all the way around yet. He sleeps through the night occasionally - once in a while we get 10 hours then he decides never-mind and he'll sleep 6!! We just love him so much and can't imagine not having a family of 5!!

Happy~


We put him in his high chair and he loves being with the rest of us at dinner!~